Amy Vervoort
Workshops, merino wool and felting supplies, artisan yarn, knitting and crochet tools, spinning supplies, needle felting kits, needle felted sculptures, mobiles combined with crochet, infant elf hats & more.
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Thunder Bay’s specialty fibre arts supplies shop: artisan yarn, quality fibres, locally farmed wool, locally dyed yarn, locally made supplies for stitchers, knitting and crochet supplies, felting supplies, wool roving, sources for spinners, workshops.
• Stitch marker (use your stitch marker to mark stitch number 1 of each round.) sc = single crochet stitch Insert the hook through stitch space, yarn over and pull through from back to front. = single crochet increase stitch Two single crochet stitches into one stitch of the previous round. Hook through the front loops of the following two stitches, yarn over and pull through both loops of the stitches, yarn over again and pull through the two loops on the hook, continue on to the next stitch.
For the white part of the onion: Begin with a magic circle of 6 single crochet stitches Place the safety eyes between rows 5 and 6 approximately 6 or seven stitches apart. To make the white roots for your onion: Use your leftover white yarn, and with your darning needle thread through the bottom where the magic circle comes together. : add one sc to this round anywhere (7) To attach the green stalks to the white onion: First, fasten off two of the green stalks, leaving the third with a long end for sewing. Use the light/lime green to sew the white onion to the green stalks, placing two stitches into each stitch.
It IS a cozy seating area beside a window and a fireplace, but it has become more of a children’s playroom than a yarn lovers gathering space. The little table originally had a glass top and I had plans to fill it with decorative wool displays, but before I could put the glass back after painting it somehow filled with Oliver’s toys. Kids now enjoy coming to the wool shop, and moms, dads, and grandparents appreciate the distraction while they shop. :S There’s a lot of weird stuff to pique the imagination: a mounted unicorn head (custom made by the beautifully talented @mommycansew), a monster garland made by @camphappyheart and me, melting snowmen, a toy alien by @sewwhimsicalbykatie, little felted creatures, crochet Oliver in a pumpkin, sheep and alpaca toys, and of course Shaun the Sheep on the smart tv.
It’s difficult, especially in summer, to commit to weekends in a row at the yarn shop to complete a project in a designated workshop. At the shop Tiffany has set aside kits of yarns measured in appropriate quantities for various sizes, so you don’t have to search the store for enough of the right yarn to use with this pattern. The Posy Crochet Shawl by Amanda Perkins was inspired by her summer garden, so I thought it was an appropriate project for the summer. Once again, to participate: purchase your pattern(s) from the designers, find your yarn from Olives and Bananas, and join Tiffany and I for the cast on June 16th from 1:00-4:00pm.